URGE FOR GOING
(Joni Mitchell)


George Hamilton IV - 1967
Tom Rush - 1968
Jody Miller - 1968
The Johnstons - 1968
Wally Whyton - 1968
Claire Hamill - 1971
Tony Rice - 1988
Mary Black - 1991
Courage Of Lassie - 1994
Luka Bloom - 2000
Lisa Theriot - 2001
Ken Whiteley - 2010

Also recorded by: 
Joni Mitchell; Crosby, Stills & Nash; Dave Van Ronk; 
Julie Adams; Darrell Scott; Kathryn Smith.



I awoke today and found the frost perched on the town
It hovered in a frozen sky and gobbled summer down
When the sun turns traitor cold
And all the trees are shivering in a naked row
I get the urge for goin', but I never seem to go

I met a girl in summertime, summer-coloured skin
Not another boy in town my darlin's heart could win
When the leaves fell tremblin' down
Bully winds did push their faces in the snow
She got the urge for goin' and I had to let her go

She got the urge for goin' when
The meadow grass was turnin' brown
Summertime was fallin' down
And winter closin' in

Now the warriors of winter give a cold triumphant shout
And all that stays is dyin', all that lives is gettin' out
See the geese in chevron flight
A-flappin' and a-racin' on before the snow
They got the urge for going, they've got the wings to go

I'd like to call back summertime 
And have her stay for just another month or so
But she's got the urge for goin' 
So I guess she'll have to go

And I get the urge for going when
The meadow grass is turnin' brown
Summertime is fallin' down
And winter's closin' in






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - September 2011)